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About Silpahari Village

Silpahari is a mid sized village in Kota tehsil, in the district of Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,121, made up of 575 males and 546 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 950 females per 1000 males. The village covers 536.7 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 495116, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Silpahari Overview

Census 2011 figures for Silpahari village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Bilaspur
Tehsil Kota
Pincode 495116
Area (hectares) 536.7 hectares
Population 1,121
Male Population 575
Female Population 546
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 950
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Silpahari compares

By the 2011 count Silpahari is the 63rd largest of the 152 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,127 residents. Its 536.7 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 991.

Getting to Silpahari

Silpahari is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Silpahari as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Silpahari from other places

Silpahari lies about 51 km from Bilaspur, and the nearest railway station is Tenganmada, about 12 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Silpahari
Nearest railway station Tenganmada 12 km
Tehsil headquarters Kota 28 km
Nearest town Ratanpur 28 km
District headquarters Bilaspur 51 km

Villages closest to Silpahari

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Kota tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

Common questions about Silpahari

As per the Census of India 2011, Silpahari village had a population of 1,121. That makes it the 63rd largest of the 152 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,127 residents.

Silpahari village has 575 males and 546 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Silpahari has about 950 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 991.

The pincode recorded for Silpahari is 495116. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Silpahari covers 536.7 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Silpahari falls under Kota tehsil of Bilaspur district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Silpahari is Tenganmada, about 12 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Silpahari.

Silpahari is about 51 km from Bilaspur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Silpahari is in Kota tehsil of Bilaspur district. Tenganmada is about 12 km away. Kota is about 28 km away. Ratanpur is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Manikpur (1.7 km), Majhgaon (3.1 km) and Chureli (3.5 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Silpahari today is likely to be higher.

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